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Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming a more essential part of other technologies, including robotics. AI technologies can help robots in critical ways, such as avoiding obstacles while moving from place to place and distinguishing between products in various picking operations. As AI develops more, it’s important for robotics professionals to understand and apply AI. Here, we look at some of the top 10 AI certifications in the robotics field.
1. Advanced Artificial Intelligence & Robotics
Certifying Organization: Nexford University
Skills Learned: Certificate candidates take five courses: artificial intelligence, robotics and automation; internet of things (IoT); cybersecurity leadership; and data sciences for decision making. The courses cover various topics: value creation across the value chain phases and various industry verticals; elements of successful AI transformation; and AI use cases across retail, electric utilities, manufacturing, health care, and education; as well as smart workflow, machine learning (ML), advanced analytics, natural language generation (NLG) and cognitive agents.
Duration: Each course of the five courses is 10-15 hours a week for eight weeks
2. Artificial Intelligence for Robotics
Certifying Organization: Udacity
Skills Learned: Students learn programming related to all the major systems of a robotic car, including planning, search, localization, tracking and control. The class covers several topics; the usage and concepts of a Kalman Filter using Python; the theory and math behind a particle filter; discrete path planning and algorithms for solving the path planning problem; and how to deal with a runaway robot.
Duration: 13 hours
Cost: Currently free
3. Applied AI and Robotics
Certifying Organization: Carnegie Mellon University
Skills Learned: This course leverages a scaffolded series of interactive labs and the NVIDIA Jetson Nano on the JetBot platform to cover core AI and ML techniques — including classification, regression, transfer learning and reinforcement learning — applied to robotic tasks, such as collision avoidance, path following and autonomous racing. Students gain a generalizable understanding of how AI enables robots to perceive and autonomously interact with their environment.
Requirements: Students must have an up-to-date laptop and several pieces of specified hardware and peripherals
Duration: Four to eight hours
Cost: Currently free
4. AI in Robotics: Learning Algorithms, Design and Safety
Certifying Organization: MIT
Skills Learned: Students learn key ways that generative AI is revolutionizing the robotic design process, with a focus on robot learning, testing and the application of safety certificates. The focus is on how to apply reinforcement and imitation learning algorithms to create cutting-edge robotics applications. Students also learn how large language models (LLMs), diffusion models and other generative AI tools are changing robotic task planning, simulator design and reward design.
Requirements: Bachelor’s degree
Duration: Three days
Cost: Currently $3,750
5. Robotics and AI
Certifying Organization: Great Learning
Skills Learned: The program courses several topics: the relationship between robotics and AI; the basics of robotics; control systems and algorithms basics; different robotic programming languages; AI and ML basics; neural networks; AI algorithms in robotics; and address ethics and safety in AI. Students also learn some real-world applications and explore AI applications in robotics.
Duration: One hour
Cost: Currently free with email
6. Artificial Intelligence and Mobile Robots
Certifying Organization: CTE Learning
Skills Learned: Students learn a variety of topics: basics of inputs and outputs; how to create algorithms and code robotic solutions; what it takes to be a professional in the industry; the fundamental relationship between coding, intelligence and behaviors; how to analyze, test and critically review their work and use feedback to improve; trends in robotics and autonomous vehicles; different types of AI and levels of autonomy; and how to apply engineering and problem-solving processes.
Duration: Semester or year
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Test: 15 assessments, seven projects. Students create a portfolio that demonstrates an understanding of robotics and the engineering and design process.
Cost: Submit contact form for more information
7. Artificial Intelligence for Robotics
Certifying Organization: UCSC Silicon Valley Extension
Skills Learned: Students learn about various topics: robotics architecture; data acquisition and sensor fusion; SLAM; computer vision; human detection; autonomous mobile robots (AMRs); natural language processing (NLP); collaborative robots; and deep learning applications. Students design, develop and deploy AI applications for robotics and learn how to apply ML techniques, computer vision and NLP for robotics.
Duration: Two months
Test: Demonstrations and project presentations
Cost: Currently $980
8. AI Robotics System Engineer (ARISE)
Certifying Organization: Tonex
Skills Learned: The program covers multiple topics: fundamentals of AI and robotics integration; techniques for designing AI-driven robotics solutions tailored to industry needs; proficiency in programming and configuring robotic systems for optimal performance; advanced algorithms and ML models applicable to robotics; how to deploy and maintain AI-enabled robotic systems; key challenges and opportunities in AI and robotics; troubleshooting and optimizing AI robotics solutions for maximum efficiency.
Duration: Two days
Cost: Currently $1,499
9. AI & Robotics: Executive Insights
Certifying Organization: Koenig
Skills Learned: The program offers students a range of information in many topics: AI, robotic process automation (RPA) and robotics; RPA and its business impacts; the future of robotics; the latest tools and technologies for AI and robotics; major AI and robotics enterprises; recent breakthroughs and innovations; NLP; computer vision; speech recognition; real-world applications; success stories; ethical considerations of using AI; AI’s impact on business and society; types of robots and their functionalities; how robots are used in manufacturing, health care and other sectors; and AI integration.
Duration: One day
Cost: Currently $500
10. Artificial Intelligence: Business Strategies and Applications
Certifying Organization: Berkley ExecEd/BerkleyHaas
Skills Learned: This program helps introduce the basic applications of AI for robotics and other business applications, including AI capabilities and limitations. Students learn about generative AI's potential as well as the reach of automation, ML and robotics, including what traditional robotic automation can and cannot do and the new wave of AI-driven automation, such as vision-guided robots and adaptable robots.
Duration: Four to six hours a week for two months
Cost: Currently $2,492
